Results
Fighting aggressively for successful results.
At the Cacciatore Law Group, we represent individuals in eminent domain cases involving the Rt 47, I-80, Illiana Expressway and Peotone Airport projects including:
Italian Restaurant, Elmhurst, IL.
Partial taking of a private parking lot by city of Elmhurst for purpose of creating a public lot.
Original offer: $290,000. Jury verdict: $817,000.
Mixed-Use Shopping Center, Bloomingdale, IL.
Partial taking case against IDOT.
Initial offer: $113,000. Settled for: $350,000.
Auto Painting Facility, Bloomingdale, IL.
Partial taking case against IDOT.
Initial offer: $41,600. Jury award: $239,000.
Bloomingdale Court Shopping Center, Bloomingdale, IL.
Partial taking case against DuPage County on behalf of Simon Property Group, which is the world's largest shopping center developer. Settled for an outcome of more than double the county's original offer.
Family Restaurant, Chicago, IL.
Partial taking of restaurant property by IDOT for widening of Harlem Ave.
Initial offer: $38,000. Settled for: $118,000.
Five-acre Private Estate, Homer Glen, Will County, IL.
Partial taking case against Illinois Tollway.
Jury verdict awarded owners nine times the initial government offer.
Community Bank, Chicago, IL.
Total taking case against the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. No depositions during this litigation.
Initial offer: $6,200,000. Settled for: $10,785,000.
Animal Care Center, Frankfort, IL.
Partial taking case against IDOT. Settled for more than 12 times the initial offer without any depositions.
Initial offer: $9,000. Settled for: $115,000.
Office Building, Bloomingdale, IL.
A partial taking case against IDOT for the widening of Lake Street.
Initial offering: $132,000. Settled for: $410,000.
Rock Bottom Brewery, Chicago, IL.
Partial taking of a subsurface permanent easement by CTA for Red Line expansion.
Settled for four times initial offer without litigation.
Thorntons Gas Station, Bloomingdale, IL.
Partial taking case against IDOT.
Settled for more than seven times the initial offer.
Two-Unit Apartment Building, Chicago, IL.
Taking of an aerial easement by CTA.
Case settled for more than six times the initial offer—without the use of an appraiser.
Vacant Acreage, Richton Park, IL.
Partial taking case against IDOT.
Initial offer: $296,500. Jury verdict: $891,950.
Estate Property, Barrington Hills, IL.
Partial taking case against Illinois Department of Transportation. No depositions and the owner did not have to step into the courtroom.
Initial offer: $30,000. Settlement: $220,000
DISMISSED CASES
Because of the efforts of Mr. Cacciatore, condemnation complaints brought by the City of Chicago and the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County were dismissed in two different eminent domain matters.